Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:37:31 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: CONFIG_EFI should select CONFIG_RELOCATABLE |
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On 06/09/2011 07:32 AM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > EFI doesn't provide any guarantees that any given address will be free, > so the bootloader must have the freedom to position the kernel > appropriately. Make CONFIG_EFI select CONFIG_RELOCATABLE in order to > ensure that this constraint is satisfiable. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> > --- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index da34972..580cd31 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ config ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED > config EFI > bool "EFI runtime service support" > depends on ACPI > + select RELOCATABLE > ---help--- > This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are > available (such as the EFI variable services).
Can we make this a depends on instead of select?
-hpa
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